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It is only the story. . . that saves our progeny from blundering like blind beggars into the spikes of the cactus fence. The story is our escort;without it,we are blind. Does the blind man own his escort?No,neither do we the story;rather,it is the story that owns us.

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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.

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There is a melancholy which accompanies all enthusiasm.

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How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule? - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

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Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by study, or consultation with casuists.

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